Kremlin aide Iouri Ouchakov told press Friday that France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine, at a meeting on 2 October, could extend the duration of the Minsk ceasefire pact. The ceaesfire, to which the EU has tied its Russia economic sanctions, is due to expire at the end of the year. …read more Source:...

Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko said Friday that Russia’s decision to send “hundreds” of “green men”, meaning soldiers, to Syria will enflame the conflict, “provoking an ever-growing exodus of people, mostly to the EU”. He said Russia’s using Crimea as a “base of operation” to “destabilise” the Middle East. …read more Source:...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s billionaire former leader Silvio Berlusconi on Friday met for informal talks in Crimea which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, an official said. …read more Source: The Local...

Bulgaria’s key foreign-policy priority is the attainment of a sustainable regional context benefiting lasting peace, security and stability. Close cooperation with this country’s partners from the European Union and NATO is the fastest and most effective formula to achieve this, said Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov speaking at the 12th...

Bulgarian Elitsa Kostova and Czech partner Katerina Kramperova have qualified for the doubles final of the Allianz Cup tennis tournament in Sofia. At the semifinal, second seeded Kostova and Kramperova eliminated Bulgarian Dia Evtimova and Swiss Viktorija Golubic, 6:1, 7:6(3). At the final the Bulgarian and the Czech will play versus first seeded...

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will agree to roll-over a peace deal for eastern Ukraine if it is not fully implemented this year as intended, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said on Friday. …read more Source:...